A black comedy version of the classic tale.A black comedy version of the classic tale.A black comedy version of the classic tale.
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- TriviaUnderground filmmaker David Kaplan met 16-year old star Christina Ricci at the Sundance Institute's Directors Workshop in 1996. The pair hit it off and Kaplan enlisted the actress to star in this short. He said she was absolutely perfect for the part because she has a sparkling intelligence in her eyes, and she has an uncanny resemblance to the famous Gustave Dor illustration of the Red Riding Hood character.
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The little cat: A slut is she who eats the flesh of her granny.
- ConnectionsVersion of Little Red Riding Hood (1922)
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Perfection in a short film and a fairytale
If you're titillated by the gothic possibilities of The Fairytale but find Powell and Pressburger too leaden or Tim Burton too twee, then this stellar example of short-filmmaking will knock you sideways. Exactingly executed from first frame to last, this short reinterprets the Riding-Hood story along the lines of an ancient French variant and blows the lid off the long-repressed sexual subtext. Ricci is caught at (I hope not) the peak of her dark craft, as an archetype of knowing femininity; Bourtasenkov, in beautiful counterpoint of form, dances (yes, literally) an aching helplessness. Quentin Crisp's delivery of the witty script is a dry delight, and the entire piece is constructed so perfectly alongside Debussy's 'Afternoon of a Fawn' that Allegro Non Troppo won't ever quite satisfy you again. See this masterpiece and never forget it.
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- Jan 6, 2001
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By what name was Little Red Riding Hood (1997) officially released in Canada in English?
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